Hello NYC2SCal,
I have tried many of the Provident Pantry products. Meats, Cereals, Veggies and Fruits. All have proven to be of excellent taste and quality. They are nitrogen purged and vacuum packed with oxygen asorbers. So far all the items my family and I have tried, we have found very edible. I say very edible because the quality to me is as good a Mountain House. Not I do not work for the makers of Provident Pantry.
Hope it Helps.....